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  • Title: An investigation into the incidence and sources of klebsiella infections in hospital patients.
    Author: Cooke EM, Brayson JC, Edmondson AS, Hall D.
    Journal: J Hyg (Lond); 1979 Jun; 82(3):473-80. PubMed ID: 376698.
    Abstract:
    Coliforms isolated from infections over a period of 22 months were examined and 16% were shown to be klebsiellas. The biochemical reactions and serotypes of these klebsiellas were determined and the relationship between species, serotype and type of infection investigated. Although no obvious outbreaks of infection occurred during this period a number of clusters of isolations of the same serotype of klebsiella were found. Using an enrichment method for the isolation of klebsiellas from faeces, sero and bacteriocin typing, and the examination of ten colonies, it was demonstrated that half of the patients carried a klebsiella of the same type in the bowel as caused the infection.
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